Originally Posted by
twogears
Garmin? 62S and Garmin(?) 64. I absolutely loved my Garmin 60. Amazing handheld unit, it was too expensive to buy multiple. Stopped working over a year ago, used since 2008, mostly for hiking.
Yes, Garmin 62S and Garmin 64.
I bought the 62S to replace my older black and white screen GPS units that I had bought two decades ago. Later I learned that I could charge batteries in the 64 family of GPS units with a USB cable using the Garmin NiMH battery pack (or a pair of AA NiMH batteries with a work around). And I use a GPS when touring, so the ability to charge the batteries in it while rolling down the road was why I bought the 64 when I already owned the 62S.
My 62S also has some problems, it suffered a lot of vibration on my handlebars on a very rough W Texas chip seal road, and now it occasionally shows a low battery warning, even when the batteries have plenty of charge. Also it is starting to let water into it. The photo shows the GPS when the screen was covered with moisture inside, so it was almost impossible to read on a backpacking trip.
Garmin no longer repairs the 62S. I had some problems with it shutting down on my backpacking trip a few weeks ago, not sure if I will use it much more. It is becoming unreliable, so I might just use it for local hikes. But, I am planning a trip next week, likely will use it then.
The 64 is the plain one, no internal compass or pressure sensor or ability to use a heart rate monitor strap or cadence sensor. It is working fine, but for backpacking I would prefer one with a pressure sensor. The 64 does not display the elevation profile screen like the ones with a pressure sensor do. But for everything else, the 64 has worked great. Photo below on one of my bike tours with it.
I mentioned in a previous post I have both a GPS and bike computer. And I also often have a separate heart rate monitor, you see all three lined up in the photo above.